Post by gregor on Aug 27, 2015 3:27:17 GMT -5
At present I'm reading Dr. Bea Medicines book "Learning to be an Anthropologist and Remaining "Native"(University of Illinois Press, 2001). A book worth reading for a better understanding of native culture. As Bea descends from an interesting family I compiled some information on her.
Beatrice Medicine
Hinsha Waste Agli Win
(1924 - 2005)
Sihasapa Lakota
Dr. Beatrice (Bea) Medicine was born on the Standing Rock Reservation, Wakpala, South Dakota on Aug. 1, 1923 to Martin Medicine Jr. and Anna Grace (Gabe) Medicine. Martin Medicine Jr. is remembered as an expert saddle bronc rider at Standing Rock Tribal Fairs in Fort Yates. The U.S. army veteran of WW I would later become Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST) chairman, serving 1944 - 1945 after 15 years on the Tribal council. Bea’s grandfather was Pejutawaan (Brings Medicine) or Martin Medicine Sen. and her great-grandfather the Blackfeet leader Sitting Crow (Kangi Iyotake, 1822 - 1886), who signed the 1868 Treaty at Fort Rice. Sitting Crow was a member of Father DeSmet's escort to the non-treaty Hunkpapas in June 1868 (--> www.american-tribes.com/Lakota/BIO/SittingCrow.htm)
Since childhood, Bea or Hinsha Waste Agli Win (Returns-Victorious-with-a-Red-Horse-Woman) has been a natural teacher and dedicated mentor. As a youngster She enjoyed teaching her siblings what she had learned in school, whether they liked it or not.
Bea Medicine received her undergraduate degree from South Dakota State University and her master’s degree in sociology and anthropology from Michigan State University. Later she went on to the University of Wisconsin at Madison for her Ph.D. work.
She followed a family tradition of commitment and excellence, leaving the Dakotas to enter college at Seattle. Later - in 1973 - Bea Medicine arrived at the Newberry Library as a member of the first class of research fellows affiliated with the brand-new Center for the History of the American Indian. As a member of the first group of post-doctoral fellows at the D’Arcy McNickle Center at the Newberry Library (Chicago) she often talked about her unhappiness with how Newberry dealt with Native scholars and its lack of connections to the Chicago Indian community. And she would change that.
In addition to her teaching role, Dr. Medicine was always active in civic matters that affect the rights of children, women, ethnic minorities, especially American Indians and gay/lesbian and trans-gendered individuals. With regard to women Bea Medicine states, “The Christian ethic of patriarchy—a male god and a patrilineal kinship model with the imposition of patrilineal family names—virtually eclipsed the autonomy of Native women.” Through her writing, Medicine has opened a way of establishing a more realistic picture of the plurality and diversity of Native American life, past and present, from real complex, Native American perspectives. And she was interested and active in changing Native American women's roles.
On Standing Rock Reservation, she served on the School Board of Wakpala Public School. Bea devoted much time and effort to establishing this school. She greatly enjoyed visiting classes to talk to the students about Lakota culture and history and to encourage them to complete their education.
Dr. Medicine has received many awards including several honorary doctorates and distinguished alumna awards, numerous fellowships and citations. Another less formal award of which she was perhaps more proud, was having been the Sacred Pipe Woman at the Sun Dance at Sitting Bull's Camp in 1977.
Beatrice Medicine died on December 19, 2005 during emergency surgery. She left a son, Ted Garner.
Toksha ake
Gregor
Beatrice Medicine
Hinsha Waste Agli Win
(1924 - 2005)
Sihasapa Lakota
Dr. Beatrice (Bea) Medicine was born on the Standing Rock Reservation, Wakpala, South Dakota on Aug. 1, 1923 to Martin Medicine Jr. and Anna Grace (Gabe) Medicine. Martin Medicine Jr. is remembered as an expert saddle bronc rider at Standing Rock Tribal Fairs in Fort Yates. The U.S. army veteran of WW I would later become Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST) chairman, serving 1944 - 1945 after 15 years on the Tribal council. Bea’s grandfather was Pejutawaan (Brings Medicine) or Martin Medicine Sen. and her great-grandfather the Blackfeet leader Sitting Crow (Kangi Iyotake, 1822 - 1886), who signed the 1868 Treaty at Fort Rice. Sitting Crow was a member of Father DeSmet's escort to the non-treaty Hunkpapas in June 1868 (--> www.american-tribes.com/Lakota/BIO/SittingCrow.htm)
Since childhood, Bea or Hinsha Waste Agli Win (Returns-Victorious-with-a-Red-Horse-Woman) has been a natural teacher and dedicated mentor. As a youngster She enjoyed teaching her siblings what she had learned in school, whether they liked it or not.
Bea Medicine received her undergraduate degree from South Dakota State University and her master’s degree in sociology and anthropology from Michigan State University. Later she went on to the University of Wisconsin at Madison for her Ph.D. work.
She followed a family tradition of commitment and excellence, leaving the Dakotas to enter college at Seattle. Later - in 1973 - Bea Medicine arrived at the Newberry Library as a member of the first class of research fellows affiliated with the brand-new Center for the History of the American Indian. As a member of the first group of post-doctoral fellows at the D’Arcy McNickle Center at the Newberry Library (Chicago) she often talked about her unhappiness with how Newberry dealt with Native scholars and its lack of connections to the Chicago Indian community. And she would change that.
In addition to her teaching role, Dr. Medicine was always active in civic matters that affect the rights of children, women, ethnic minorities, especially American Indians and gay/lesbian and trans-gendered individuals. With regard to women Bea Medicine states, “The Christian ethic of patriarchy—a male god and a patrilineal kinship model with the imposition of patrilineal family names—virtually eclipsed the autonomy of Native women.” Through her writing, Medicine has opened a way of establishing a more realistic picture of the plurality and diversity of Native American life, past and present, from real complex, Native American perspectives. And she was interested and active in changing Native American women's roles.
On Standing Rock Reservation, she served on the School Board of Wakpala Public School. Bea devoted much time and effort to establishing this school. She greatly enjoyed visiting classes to talk to the students about Lakota culture and history and to encourage them to complete their education.
Dr. Medicine has received many awards including several honorary doctorates and distinguished alumna awards, numerous fellowships and citations. Another less formal award of which she was perhaps more proud, was having been the Sacred Pipe Woman at the Sun Dance at Sitting Bull's Camp in 1977.
Beatrice Medicine died on December 19, 2005 during emergency surgery. She left a son, Ted Garner.
Toksha ake
Gregor